WO2008060311A2 - Procédé de récupération cagd de pétrole lourd - Google Patents

Procédé de récupération cagd de pétrole lourd Download PDF

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WO2008060311A2
WO2008060311A2 PCT/US2007/003562 US2007003562W WO2008060311A2 WO 2008060311 A2 WO2008060311 A2 WO 2008060311A2 US 2007003562 W US2007003562 W US 2007003562W WO 2008060311 A2 WO2008060311 A2 WO 2008060311A2
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/16—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons
    • E21B43/24—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons using heat, e.g. steam injection
    • E21B43/243—Combustion in situ

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  • This invention relates to a method for the recovery of heavy oil. More specifically, this invention relates to reducing the energy inputs required in Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) methods now employed commercially. This invention also relates to improved methods for in-situ combustion.
  • SAGD Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage
  • SAGD steam chamber reduces the amount of steam required to produce a barrel of oil.
  • the resulting in-situ combustion referred to herein as Combustion Assisted Gravity Drainage (“CAGD”) provides heat to reduce the amount of steam required to produce a barrel of oil and provides for temperatures high enough for oil upgrading.
  • CAGD Combustion Assisted Gravity Drainage
  • In-situ combustion in the presence of steam allows control of reaction temperature by control of the oxygen concentration in the gases within the steam chamber. Temperatures at the chamber wall may be well above the saturated steam temperature at the pressure within the chamber. Oil may be upgraded by cracking and high enough temperatures for steam reaction with carbon or hydrocarbons to produce hydrogen are achievable.
  • oxygen may be mixed with the steam being injected via an injection well. A separate oxygen injection well may be used to inject the oxygen at a higher elevation than the existing steam injection well.
  • a chamber is a region within a heavy oil deposit bounded by low permeability walls.
  • a steam chamber is a chamber in an oil reservoir formed by injecting steam into the reservoir replacing all or a portion of the chamber oil with steam.
  • Figure 1 depicts a SAGD steam chamber in a heavy oil deposit operated in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 depicts a SAGD steam chamber 30 in heavy oil deposit 40 operated in accordance with the present invention.
  • SAGD drained oil is withdrawn through production well 33.
  • Oxygen in admixture with steam is injected via well 34 to maximize upgrading of produced oil.
  • oxygen in admixture with steam is injected via optional well 31 into an upper region of chamber 30.
  • oxidation and upgrading of oil draining toward production well 33 may be limited by injection of oxygen-free or reduced-oxygen content fluid, as for example steam, via well 34 in sufficient quantity to limit access of oxygen to drained oil being withdrawn through well 33.

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L'invention propose un nouveau procédé pour récupérer du pétrole en injectant de l'oxygène dans une chambre à l'intérieur d'un gisement de pétrole, en faisant ainsi brûler le pétrole au niveau des parois de la chambre. Le pétrole chauffé s'écoule vers le fond du réservoir, et peut être récupéré par l'intermédiaire d'un puits de production.
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US9803456B2 (en) 2011-07-13 2017-10-31 Nexen Energy Ulc SAGDOX geometry for impaired bitumen reservoirs
US9828841B2 (en) 2011-07-13 2017-11-28 Nexen Energy Ulc Sagdox geometry
US9163491B2 (en) 2011-10-21 2015-10-20 Nexen Energy Ulc Steam assisted gravity drainage processes with the addition of oxygen
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